Packing.



UNITED entras-PATENT onricii.

FRANCIS HonGKINsoN, or' 'nDGEWoon PARK, PENNSYLVANIQ, AssIGNoR To v'WEs'riiaiiaoirsii MACHINE COMPANY, vA CORPORATIONfiiLYPENNsYLVANIA.

, l PACKING.

v'To all whom'ifma/y concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS HonGKiNsoN, ay subject ot' tlieKing ot Great Britain and Irelaiid,'andl a resident ot 'Edgewood Park, in the. county of Allegheny and State ot Pennsylvania, have made' a new and useful Invention iii-Packing, of 'which the following' is a specification. 4

This. invention relates to packing or ineans foidpreventing leakage of fluid froin i K ing) and therefore requires sonie addition-.il

f packing,

This is net'essarv because generall. v there is no steam available above atmosplieric pressure for, operating the turbine,

lieiice'tlie turbine cannot operate oi'I be set in inotion 'Without vacuui-n beii'ig first es- ,tablished at the exhaust thereof. `The ordi- 'nary Water glands are insufficient to pack thejoi'nts of the-turbine so that leakage will be preyentedaridfso that a vacuum inay be establish "agein they-turbine before stai-'ting are'inanifold ainoiigivhich may be stated the cooling eflecmipon some of the parts of the turbine i Which causes distortion of parts due to va- A mechanical riation's in temperature.-

packing which depends upon rubbing surfaces .to prevent leakage is objectionable be- '.cause there is lWear due to :friction even though the packing be lubricated. *'Wlicn lubrication is provided sonic of'tlie lubricant `Will find. its Way into the exhaust ot the turbine With the attendant disadvantages; l v In order to overlconic the objections above enumerated Iliave provided ineans'for vent-ing leakage Which consists 01"' a water gland together With a packing element de'- pendeiit upon rubbing surfaces for its tightness but so arranged that said eleinent niay be brought into packing ,position only tei'nporarily, that is, when the turbine is. being started up. As soon as the turbine is speeded up, the packing eleinent may be inoved vout of packing position and the Water gland will eliiciently take care of the'leakage at `the usual spindle T.

d. The' disadvantagesfof air leakr Speciiicationof Letters Patent. Pagtnte'd Sephx'13, 1910;', Application mea-February is, 1909. seri-ai No: 477,633.

the ends of the stator'l through which the spindle projects. i

In the drawings; Figurel'is a vert-ical longitudinal sectional View through a turbineto which niy invention is applied; Fig.- 2 is ani enlarged sectionalview through the vthrust end of'the turbine; and, Fig. 3 is a partial sectional'view on the line 3 3. of Fig. 1. l

Referring now to the drawings by'nuineralsl of reference, 5 designates the stator and (fi the rotor, said rotor being provided with The stator 5 is provided With the usual gland openings through which the spindlev inay pass and ton' the-spindle 7 isa sleeve 8.y The sleeve 8 carries a ring t) secured thereto between the collar -10 and the locking nut 1'1. The ring J is providedwith yielding packing rings 12.' .Spaccd a suitable distancefijointhe ring 9 lis a flange 13 to which is secured a runner coi'nprising' a. blaQle-czii"ryii'ig ineinber'l-i for forming a 'atei' seal in the'chainbei 15 .between the rotor aiulsl-iitoiythe Clianibei.' 15 being sup- 4plied \\'itli""\vater troni any suitable source.

through' the {,poi'ts 16. The chamber 15 is substantiallyclosed on `one side b v lining ring 17 and part of the stator and the other side of the chamber 'is substantially 'closed by the partition or flange 1S carriedby the ring 19, bolted to the stator by the fastening l.

devices 20 which also secures the guard 21 to the stator. The flange 18 is provided Wit-li a portQQ in communication with a port 23 in the stator, said port 22 communicating with a chamber 2i in which t'lie packing ring or` ner 25`is' positioned. The packing rino runner 215i inay be inade ot' secrby the fasteningr deedtogeth heg-packing lring Q5 -is shown as {lia've a inove'nient longitudinally of 'the'. conditions, if for exaniple it does not iuove up under the influence of the vacuuin, it lniay bepuslied, up into `packing position bythe operator ivho inay insert a finger or seine suitable tool through the opening 27 in the guardi' 21.' rlhe port Q3 inay be provided with? a valve S23 in a pipe connnunieating Wit-li` a suitable Water supply and thc poi't- 1G inay be provided with a valve 1G in a pipe 161" leading to a suitable source of Water supply. v l A' 2S designates a port in the stator and in tantially L- shaped in cross section- .ator and rotor, and under certain the liange 18, the said port 28 being provided with a" valve Qta ivhcreby afport Q8 may be caused'to open to atmosphere to break the vacuum in the annular port :249. 5 lYhen the vacuum is broken, ivater'may be Aadmitted"through the ports 22 and 23 to unaivay from the ange` 18. y I

Q9` designatesian oil duct ybest shown in i Fig. 3 wherebyv oil may be supplied to the packing ring Q" in an obvious manner. 4 `Vhen it is desired to start iip'the turbine, the condenser Vpumps may be firstI piitin operation and a partial `vacuum formed in -seat the packing ring Q5, that is, push it` 15 the annular port Qta 'and between the ring 25 and the Wall 18 Will dranv the ring 25 against the Wall 1S (it being understood that at 'this time .the valves 23"' and 2Sat are closed). It from any cause the .ring 25 fails to move up against -the Wall 18 under 4the iniiuence of the partial vacuum the saidring may be manually moved up as heretofore' explained.- Lubrication may then-be turned` onso as to lubricate the `packing ring As `soon ,as the turbine has attained suliicient speed so that the Water gland may be brought into use the valve 28@ may be opened so as to admitatmospheric pressure tothe annular port Q-ta. The valve 23a being then 30 opened, water-"Will be admitted through the -ports aiidg22 so as toadinit Waternnder pressure into the chamber 2i and4 against `Vthe ring 25 to force it away rom the Wall 'i 1S orvout of packing position. `The ring 25 n will then rotate idly with the spindle requiring neither attention nor lubrication. 'After the packing .ring 25 is moved out of packing position, the valveQSa may be closed again. The valve 416a having been opened 4b and Water admitted to the chamber 15 the runner 14 `will be efficient in providing a Water seal to pack the gland as afilm is formed by the centrifugal action of the runner. y'When the turbine is slowed .down

I' 45 the valves 28a andifla may be closed and the vpacking rino* 25 I'Will again be thrown nlp lagainst the ange-lB 'to provide a mec anical packing. v l

AIn accordance with the provisions of the pat-ent statutes,1 have described the principle of operation; of my'nvention, together With the appa atus which I noW consider to represent 4he best embodiment thereof, f but I desireto have it understood that the apparatus shownV is only illustrative and that the invention canA be carried out by other means.

lVhat- I claimis: l

1. The combination of twol parts, one of ywhich 'is freely movable longitudinally With relation to theother, said parts having a space between ,-theii, a movable packing member in said spaceand means whereby said packing member will be caused to move into packing position.,

2. The combination vof two parts,"one'ot which is freely movable longitudinally With relation to lthe other. said parts having a space between them, a movable packing J1iuunb-er in said space and means for permitt'ingi'said packing member to movefoiit of packingv position. y

f 3. A motor having tnofpa'rts, one of which is freely' movable longitudinally with relation to the other, al packing ring and a Water seal between said parts and means Jfor releasing said packing ring from packing position uhen theI 'Water seal is established.

L A motor comprising tivo parts, one of which is freely movable longitudinally With relationto the other, a packing ring anda Water seal 'between said'part-s, a port for admitting Water to the chamber of lthe water seal and means whereby the packing may be, moved inito or out of packingl position.A

The combination of a stator anda rotor having n annular chamber therebetween, a

packing in the chamber movable lbngitudi nally of the stator and the rotor, a Watenseal i chamber between the stator and rotor and means for admitting water to the watereseal chamber. i

6. The combination' of tivoV parts, `one of which is'movable with relation to the other, a fluid packed glandV between said parts and a mechanical packing between saidpI parts andA means for moving the latter into and out of packing position.`

7. The combination of two parts, one of which is freely movable longitudinally with relation to the other, a fluid .packed gland between said parts, and a mechanical packingV between said parts. j

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 11thI day of February 1909.

FRANCIS HODGTUNSON.

-Witnesses i C. lV. McGiiinn, B. F. FUNK. 

